[don-o]

This is an extraordinary circumstance.

So what? Surely you know of the sad history of "this present emergency....". It's what incipient tyranny does. Every time.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I think you may be referring to fake emergencies like the German invasion of Poland, or Gulf of Ton-kin.

To me this doesn’t qualify because the bikers are completely solely responsible for this starting. As for how it ends time will tell.